During his first years in Paris (1936-1940), Caziel absorbed different styles, including Cézanne, Fauvism and Cubism. He retained from them what had occupied him when seeing early Italian painting during his travels in Italy - he was astonished by the sober means of proportion between line and colour, by which the early Renaissance masters translated light and their surroundings. Like them, Caziel strived to create a space which is alive - a space before and behind - which engulfs us all and which is within us. Odalisque illustrates these investigations in the representation of space through the stylistic influence of Matisse.
Caziel's work is represented in the collections of the following museums: Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris; Vatican Museum, Rome; National Museum, Warsaw.